Message from  the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

We have just learned that there will be a debate on the future of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme in Westminster Hall next Wednesday 22nd January at 9.30am, and a Minister from DCMS will respond. We expect that a decision on the future of the scheme will be made very soon, and as such I am asking you once more to write to your MPs asking them to attend the debate. So far over 2000 emails have been sent to MPs – if we could get as many as possible of them to the debate, that would be brilliant. Please urgently encourage everyone to send in another email even if they have already done so – the time frame is very short on this, and the loss of the LPWGS would be disastrous.  More info: https://www.cbcew.org.uk/listed-places-of-worship-grant-scheme